Approved For Release 2011/04/25: CIA-RDP87B00858R000600890007-6 :uu 1986 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE S 9907 Mr. DURENBERGER (for himself threat to human life. The exemption a.m. in room SR-332, to continue the and Mr. MCCONNELL) submitted an has been carefully drafted to insure markup of amendments to the Federal amendment intended to be proposed that intelligence agencies maintain Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenti- by them to the bill (S. 2701) to provide their ability to combat acts of terror- tide Act. a comprehensive policy for the United ism against innocent victims. In the The Friday markup is in lieu of the States in opposition to the system of event that information is shared for apartheid in South Africa, and for this purpose, the amendment specifi- previously scheduled Thursday, July other purposes; as follows: cally requires the Director of Central 31, 9:30 a.m. markup. At an appropriate place in the bill, add Intelligence to report such actions to For further information, please con- the following: the intelligence committees of the tact the committee staff at 224-2035. " RESTRICTION ON INTELLIGENCE LIAISON WITH House and Senate. SOUTH AFRICA We are unyielding in our opposition "SEC. No agency or entity of the United to terrorism of any kind or for a ny States which is involved in intelligence ac- purpose. I would expect, in this regard tivities may, directly or indirectly, provide Mr. President, that the intelligence any intelligence information to the Repub- agencies would provide information lic of South Africa which pertains to the Af- either to the South African Govern- rican National Congress or any other South ment or to the front-line states or the African group, movement, organization or individual which is engaged in activities in ANC when actions by any party indi- opposition to the government of the Repub- cate that a threat to human life is lic of South Africa, except if the informa- likely to occur. tion credibly indicates the imminent likeli- Mr. President, my intent in offering hood of violent action calculated to threat- this amendment is clear: to send the en human life. In the event that any intelli- message to South Africa and the world gence information pertaining to opposition t h AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Mr. HEINZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Commit- tee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the ses- sion of the Senate on Wednesday, July 30, to conduct a business meeting to consider the following items: at the United States does not take S. 829. To authorize the Secretary of the activities is transmitted to the Republic of South Africa, either in an authorized or un- the side of the South African Govern- Interior to convey certain lands withdrawn authorized manner, the Director of Central ment against its opposition. I want to by the Bureau of Reclamation for townsite Intelligence shall promptly inform the indicate to my colleagues that I intend purposed to the Huntley Project Irrigation Select Committee on Intelligence of the to offer this amendment when the District, Ballantine, Montana; Senate and the Permanent Select Commit- Senate takes up its sanction package S. 1772. To authorize and direct the Secre- tee of Intelligence of the House of Repre here on this floor and urge its addition tary of the Interior to convey certain real sentatives of the facts and circumstances re to~yeut legislation.? property to the Pershing County Water garding the nature of the Information on ? Mr. DURENBERGER. Mr. Presi- dent I am pleased to join my colleague Senator LUGAR, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in introducing legislation to advance American policy with regard to South Africa. Like most Members of Con- gress and the American people at large, I was disappointed in the "stand-pat" posture recommended by the President 2 weeks ago. It is my hope that the Lugar bill will provide a foundation for a bipartisan consensus, which I hope the administration can be persuaded to join. An equivocal message to the Government of South Africa is no message at all. Chairman LUGAR's effort today fills the gap that currently exists between partisan solu- tions on the one hand and nonsolu- tions on the other. I believe this legis- lation is the vehicle through which Americans can enunciate with one voice the message that apartheid is anathema to our concept of human dignity and we demand change. Mr. President, I am submitting for printing an amendment to S. 2701, to impose a prohibition on intelligence sharing with the Government of South Africa. The amendment states that: No agency or entity of the United States which is involved in intelligence activity may. directly or indirectly, provide any in- telligence information to the Republic of South Africa which pertains to the African National Congress or any other South Afri- can group, movement, organization or indi- vidual which is engaged in opposition to the government of South Africa. The amendment also spells out a single exception from the prohibition, the sharing information which credi- bly indicates imminent and calculated Mr. WEICKER. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Senate Small Business Committee will hold a full committee hearing on S. 2647, a bill to create the Corporation for Small Business Investment. The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, August 7, 1986, and will begin at 9:30 a.m. in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building. For further in- formation, please call Ed Tiryakian, of the committee staff at 224-5175. SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the infor- mation of the Senate and the public, that the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has scheduled a hearing on Monday, August 11, be- ginning at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-366 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC 20510. Testimony will be received on S. 2635, to protect the integrity and the quality of certain reaches of the Henry's Fork of the Snake River, ID, and for other purposes. Those wishing to testify should con- tact the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, room SH-212, Hart Senate Office Building, Washing- ton, DC 20510. For further informa- tion, please contact Mr. Russell Brown at (202) 224-2366. COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Agri- culture, Nutrition, and Forestry will meet on Friday, August 1, 1986, at 9:30 S. J. Res. 325. To approve the "Compact of Free Association" between the U.S. and the Government of Palau, and for other purposes; S. 1319. To relieve the Washoe County Water Conservation District, Nevada, of cer- tain Federal repayment obligations. S. 1542. To amend the National Trails System Act by designating the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Trail as a component of the National Trails System; S. 2439. To amend the Act of February 25, 1920, to provide for competitive leasing of oil and gas for onshore Federal lands and for other purposes; And to consider the following nomina- tions: Marshall A. Staunton, of California, to be Administrator of the Economic Regu- latory Administration; A. David Rossin, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy; Theodore J. Garrish, of Virginia, to be Federal Inspector of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System; and Richard H. Francis, of Virginia, to be President of the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank. The PRESIDING OFFICER. With- out objection, it is so ordered. SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, AND GOVERNMENT PROCESSES Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcom- mittee on Energy, Nuclear Prolifera- tion, and Government Processes, of the Committee on Governmental Af- fairs, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 30, 1986, in order to conduct a hearing on Energy Innovations, and the Patent Process. The PRESIDING OFFICER. With- out objection, it is so ordered. Approved For Release 2011/04/25: CIA-RDP87B00858R000600890007-6 Approved For Release 2011/04/25: CIA-RDP87B00858R000600890007-6 S 9908 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE July 30, 1986 SAFETY FAILURES AT DAVIS- BESSE ? Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, last month, the Nuclear Regulatory Com- mission received a report reviewing its own investigation of the June 9, 1985, accident at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant near Toledo, OH. As a reminder of the importance of this accident, I note that many experts regard it as the nearest thing to a meltdown in this country since Three Mile Island. Clearly the Davis-Besse accident de- mands a thorough investigation. It represents a major failure of either the risk assessment of nuclear power operations or of the regulations de- signed to prevent accidents like this one from occurring. Whatever the cause, we must discover and deal with the underlying problems leading to the accident, not just the results of those shortfalls. Unfortunately, the initial check of the Davis-Besse accident was hindered at its inception from reaching an accu- rate assessment on the accident's cause-the incident investigation team [fITI was directed not to look for any NRC responsibility in the accident. I hope this strikes my colleagues as a rather curious instruction, one which would obviously preclude finding a cause of the accident if it stemmed from NRC actions. The original investigation was effec- tive in describing the events that im- mediately preceded the accident, and the extraordinary steps operators on the scene took to prevent a meltdown. However, the investigatory team- composed of NRC personnel-failed to comment on the important back- ground events that allowed the acci- dent to occur. For example, it was not even noted that the NRC had recog- nized the feedwater pumps in question were inadequate, but remained uncor- rected for 7 years. The accident investigation followup released in early June is intended to provide the Commission with recom- mendations to improve NRC internal procedures and licensee oversight. But while the initial report had its short- falls, the review team compounded these errors by again concentrating on the symptoms, and missing the dis- ease. Specificially, the second report did not mention the contribution of the utility management to the problem, nor did it discuss organizational quirks in the NRC that resulted in years of delay in correcting a serious, recog- nized problem. The followup team-under the direc- tion of an NRC employee-traced a series of more than 25 memos, re- sponses, orders and recommendations from the NRC and Toledo Edison re- lating to the pump system in question at Davis-Besse. Mention was even made of an NRC report which "noted that staff review of (the feedwater pump) was to be completed by June 1984-nearly 5 years after the staff no- tified Toledo Edison in July 1979 that the modification of the feedwater pump would be required." But after building a strong case, the team failed to ask the obvious ques- tion of why the NRC was unable to see the changes made, or why the utility was able to avoid the installation of an auxiliary pump for so long. That is the fundamental problem that led to the Davis-Besse accident, and the group sent to learn from the experience of the Davis-Besse investigation com- pletely ignored it. If there is a clear example of the need for investigations of accidents at nuclear power plants to be conducted by an independent safety board, the two investigations of Davis-Besse pro- vide it. The NRC has been trying to improve its investigations while keep- ing them within the agency, but it's like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. The Commission has turned over the followup report to the Executive Di- rector of the NRC staff. It will be easy for him to accept its recommenda- tions, but that does not mean Con- gress should. We need to take the step that has met such resistance from the NRC staff so far, and establish an in- dependent Safety Board for Investiga- tions. None of us-Congress, the public, the nuclear industry-benefit from investigations done with eyes closed to who is really at fault.* THE WHITE HOUSE CONFER- ENCE ON SMALL BUSINESS AU- THORIZATION ACT ? Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I am pleased to join as a cosponsor of S. 2588, a bill introduced by my esteemed colleague, Senator Donu;xrci, to make permanent the White House Confer- ence on Small Business. This conference has proved to be an exceptional forum for men and women, representing businesses of every description, to discuss the prob- lems faced by small businesses across the Nation. Past conferences have pro- duced a wealth of legislative recom- mendations, over two-thirds of which have been enacted. This record of ac- complishment is outstanding testimo- ny to the high quality of the individ- uals involved, and to be vitality of the conference itself. Small businesses account for nearly half of our Nation's private employ- ment, and are our greatest resource of new ideas for innovative products and services. All businesses, from the corner drugstore to the multinational corporation, have started with the idea of a single individual. In each and every case, an individual has poured thought, energy, and hard work into this endeavor and created a business. With perseverance, these businesses gain a foothold in the marketplace and together form the American small business community. As American businesses face increas- ing foreign competition, survival in the marketplace grows tougher by the day. In order to compete, large corpo- rations retain legions of accountants, financial experts, managers, public re- lations specialists, and marketing pro- fessionals. The owners and operators of small businesses know no such luxury. Each must act in all of these capacities simultaneously, making countless decisions affecting every facet of operations. Yet small busi- nesses continue to form the core of a strong and vital marketplace, account- ing for over two-thirds of new jobs in this country each year. Unmatched in flexibility, efficiency, and tenacity, America's small businesses are, in a very real sense, the backbone of our economy. Small businesses cannot afford armies of lobbyists to assault the Cap- itol. The men and women who have created and manage our small busi- nesses understand their problems best, and are their own most eloquent advo- cates. They are a diverse community, 15 million businesses strong. However, this great diversity of interests com- peting for a willing ear in Washington makes it difficult for any single voice to be heard. The White House Confer- ence allows small businesses to speak with one voice, a voice which has pro- duced a multitude of initiatives result- ing in changes beneficial to our econo- my. This conference gives these men and women the opportunity to tell leg- islators firsthand what is needed to en- courage growth in the small business sector, and how to encourage the growth of the entrepreneurial spirit. Mr. President, the White House Conference on Small Business has in the past been organized on an ad hoc basis. This bill calls on the President to hold a White House Conference on Small Business once each Presidential term. Hopefully, we will create an in- stitution which will give this Nation's small business men and women a voice in public policy commensurate with their contribution to our economy. I urge all my colleagues to join me in support of this legislation.* ALCOHOL ABUSE IN AMERICA ? Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, In Oc- tober of 1985, the American Assembly held its Western Regional Conference on public policies affecting alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. This group of 71 men and women included people from Government, Medicine, the clergy, and the alcohol beverage industry. They reached a consensus on a variety of issues and have published a report containing numerous recom- mendations on how to deal with the national tragedy of alcoholism. The report shows that just as alco- holism is a problem for all sectors of society, so is preventing alcoholism the responsibility of all sectors of soci- ety. It recommends that the public be Approved For Release 2011/04/25: CIA-RDP87B00858R000600890007-6

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